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Tianlu and Bixie
Tianlu(heavenly emolument)and Bixie(evil dispeller)are two Chinese mythological animals that herald in good fortune and keep evil at bay.Both look like a lion except for their wings--the one with only...
Protective Chicken Talisman
In old days the Chinese had the habit of pasting or painting chicken talismans on the doors of their dwellings on the lunar new year's Day.This habit is still very much alive today in rural areas in S...
Fu and Fu Upside Down
The Chinese characterfumeans good fortune and happiness,and during Spring Festival virtually every family would paste it upside down on their doors in the hope that the word could bring blessings to t...
Xiezhi a Mythological Animal
The Holy Way or the Ming Tombs of Beijing is franked with 12 stone men and 24 stone animals.Among them are four statues of xiezhi,an animal in Chinese mythology credited with the ability to distinguis...
Spring Festival Couplets
By tradition the Chinese love to paste couplets on their gateposts or door panels when celebrating Spring Festival.The couplets are generally written on red paper and the sentences contain auspicious ...
Big Mouthed Celestial Animal
Travellers to Yunnan and Sichuan in southwest China are impressed by the colourfully painted wood ladles in the shape of strange animal hanging on the front doors of the dwellings of local Miao,Yi and...